MSA-21-0034: Authentication bypass risk when using external database authentication

by Michael Hawkins.  

An authentication bypass risk was identified in the external database authentication functionality, due to a type juggling vulnerability.


Severity/Risk:Serious
Versions affected:3.11 to 3.11.2, 3.10 to 3.10.6, 3.9 to 3.9.9 and earlier unsupported versions
Versions fixed:3.11.3, 3.10.7 and 3.9.10
Reported by:adeadead
CVE identifier:CVE-2021-40693
Changes (master):http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-71160
Tracker issue:MDL-71160 Authentication bypass risk when using external database authentication

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